Embodiments of the present application generally relate to wireless communication technology, especially to a method and an apparatus of power headroom report (PHR) reporting for multiple transmit-receive point (TRP) (also referred to as multi-TRP, or M-TRP) transmission.
Multi-TRP/panel transmission has been introduced into new radio (NR) since release 16 (Rel-16). During multi-TRP transmission, two or more TRPs (or panels) may be used to transmit data to a user equipment (UE) to improve reliability and robustness. In addition, enhancements on multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) for NR are always discussed. A work item description (WID) approved on MIMO in NR Rel-17 includes enhancement on the support for multi-TRP deployment, targeting both frequency range (FR)1 and FR2. Wherein, a research topic is to identify and specify features to improve reliability and robustness for channels other than physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), e.g., physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), and physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) using multi-TRP and/or multi-panel, with Rel-16 reliability features as the baseline.
Regarding PUSCH, it has been agreed that two power headroom reports can be reported for multi-TRP based PUSCH. However, there are still several technical problems concerning PHR reporting for multiple TRP based PUSCH needed to be solved, including but not being limited to: how to calculate (or determine) virtual PHR(s) in multiple TRP based PUSCH.
One objective of the embodiments of the present application is to provide a technical solution of PHR reporting, especially, a method and an apparatus of PHR reporting for multi-TRP transmission.
According to some embodiments of the present application, a user equipment (UE) is provided, which includes: a transceiver; and a processor coupled to the transceiver, wherein the processor is configured to: receive configuration information, indicating two sounding reference signal (SRS) source sets and two PHRs to be reported for an activated bandwidth part (BWP) of a serving cell, wherein a first SRS resource set of the two SRS source sets has a lower identifier than a second SRS resource set of the two SRS resource sets; and transmit the two PHRs according to two power control parameter sets associated with the two SRS resource sets for the serving cell, wherein, in the case that both the two PHRs to be reported are virtual PHRs, a first PHR of the two PHRs is determined based on one of the two power control parameter sets associated with one of the two SRS resource sets and a second PHR of the two PHRs is determined according to the other one of the two power control parameter sets associated with the other one of the two SRS resource sets; or in the case that only one of the two PHRs to be reported is a virtual PHR, the first PHR is determined as an actual PHR associated with one of the two SRS resource sets, and the second PHR is determined according to one of the two power control parameter sets associated with the other one of the two SRS resource sets.
According to some other embodiments of the present application, a method performed in a UE is provided, which includes: receiving configuration information, indicating two SRS resource sets and two PHRs to be reported for an activated BWP of a serving cell, wherein a first SRS resource set of the two SRS source sets has a lower identifier than a second SRS resource set of the two SRS resource sets; and transmitting the two PHRs according to two power control parameter sets associated with the two SRS resource sets for the serving cell, wherein, in the case that both the two PHRs to be reported are virtual PHRs, a first PHR of the two PHRs is determined based on one of the two power control parameter sets associated with one of the two SRS resource sets and a second PHR of the two PHRs is determined according to the other one of the two power control parameter sets associated with the other one of the two SRS resource sets; or in the case that only one of the two PHRs to be reported is a virtual PHR, the first PHR is determined as an actual PHR associated with one of the two SRS resource sets, and the second PHR is determined according to one of the two power control parameter sets associated with the other one of the two SRS resource sets.
In some embodiments of the present application, a first power control parameter set of the two power control parameter sets is associated with the first SRS resource set, wherein p0 and alpha in the first power control parameter set are determined from P0-PUSCH-AlphaSetId being 0 in p0-AlphaSet, closed loop index in the first power control parameter set is 0, and a pathloss reference signal (RS) in the first power control parameter set is a RS with PUSCH-PathlossReferenceRS-Id being 0; and a second power control parameter set of the two power control parameter set is associated with the second SRS resource set, wherein p0 and alpha in the second power control parameter set are determined from P0-PUSCH-AlphaSetId being 0 in p0-AlphaSet, closed loop index in the second power control parameter set is 0, and a pathloss RS in the second power control parameter set is a RS with PUSCH-PathlossReferenceRS-Id being 1. In addition, enablePL-RS-UpdateForPUSCH-SRS is not provided for the UE according to some embodiments of the present application.
In some embodiments of the present application, a first power control parameter set of the two power control parameter sets is associated with the first SRS resource set, wherein p0 and alpha in the first power control parameter set are determined from P0-PUSCH-AlphaSet being 0 in p0-AlphaSet, closed loop index in the first power control parameter set is 0, and a pathloss RS in the first power control parameter set is a RS with PUSCH-PathlossReferenceRS-Id being 0; and a second power control parameter set of the two power control parameter set is associated with the second SRS resource set, wherein p0 and alpha in the second power control parameter set are determined from P0-PUSCH-AlphaSetId being 1 in p0-AlphaSet, closed loop index in the second power control parameter set is 1 in the case of twoPUSCH-PC-AdjustmentStates being configured or is 0 in the case of twoPUSCH-PC-AdjustmentStates not being configured, and a pathloss RS in the second power control parameter set is a RS with PUSCH-PathlossReferenceRS-Id being 1. In addition, enablePL-RS-UpdateForPUSCH-SRS is not provided for the UE according to some embodiments of the present application.
In some embodiments of the present application, enablePL-RS-UpdateForPUSCH-SRS is provided for the UE; and a first power control parameter set of the two power control parameter sets is associated with the first SRS resource set, wherein p0 and alpha in the first power control parameter set are determined from P0-PUSCH-AlphaSetId being 0 in p0-AlphaSet, closed loop index in the first power control parameter set is 0, and a pathloss RS in the first power control parameter set is a RS with PUSCH-PathlossReferenceRS-Id mapped to sri-PUSCH-PowerControlId being 0 of sri-PUSCH-MappingToAddModList; and a second power control parameter set of the two power control parameter set is associated with the second SRS resource set, wherein p0 and alpha in the second power control parameter set are determined from P0-PUSCH-AlphaSetId being 0 in p0-AlphaSet, closed loop index in the second power control parameter set is 0, and a pathloss RS in the second power control parameter set is a RS with PUSCH-PathlossReferenceRS-Id mapped to sri-PUSCH-PowerControlId being 0 of sri-PUSCH-MappingToAddModList2.
In some embodiments of the present application, enablePL-RS-UpdateForPUSCH-SRS is provided for the UE; and a first power control parameter set of the two power control parameter sets is associated with the first SRS resource set, wherein p0 and alpha in the first power control parameter set are determined from P0-PUSCH-AlphaSetId being 0 in p0-AlphaSet, closed loop index in the first power control parameter set is 0, and a pathloss RS in the first power control parameter set is a RS with PUSCH-PathlossReferenceRS-Id mapped to sri-PUSCH-PowerControlId being 0 of sri-PUSCH-MappingToAddModList; and a second power control parameter set of the two power control parameter set is associated with the second SRS resource set, wherein p0 and alpha in the second power control parameter set are determined from P0-PUSCH-AlphaSetId being 1 in p0-AlphaSet, closed loop index in the second power control parameter set is 1 in the case of twoPUSCH-PC-AdjustmentStates being configured or is 0 in the case of twoPUSCH-PC-AdjustmentStates not being configured, and a pathloss RS in the second power control parameter set is a RS with PUSCH-PathlossReferenceRS-Id mapped to sri-PUSCH-PowerControlId=0 of sri-PUSCH-MappingToAddModList2.
In some embodiments of the present application, in the case that both the two PHRs to be reported are virtual PHRs, the first PHR is determined based on one of the two power control parameter sets associated with the first SRS resource set and the second PHR is determined according to the other of the two power control parameter sets associated with the second SRS resource set.
According to some yet other embodiments of the present application, a radio access network (RAN) node is provided, which includes: a transceiver; and a processor coupled to the transceiver, wherein the processor is configured to: transmit configuration information, indicating two SRS resource sets and two PHRs to be reported for an activated BWP of a serving cell, wherein a first SRS resource set of the two SRS source sets has a lower identifier than a second SRS resource set of the two SRS resource sets; and receive the two PHRs according to two power control parameter sets associated with the two SRS resource sets for the serving cell, wherein, in the case that both the two PHRs to be reported are virtual PHRs, a first PHR of the two PHRs is determined based on one of the two power control parameter sets associated with one of the two SRS resource sets and a second PHR of the two PHRs is determined according to the other one of the two power control parameter sets associated with the other one of the two SRS resource sets; or in the case that only one of the two PHRs to be reported is a virtual PHR, the first PHR is determined as an actual PHR associated with one of the two SRS resource sets, and the second PHR is determined according to one of the two power control parameter sets associated with the other one of the two SRS resource sets.
Embodiments of the present application provide a technical solution of PHR reporting for multi-TRP transmission, supporting two PHRs for multi-TRP based PUSCH, and thus can enhance reliability and robustness for multi-TRP based PUSCH.
In order to describe the manner in which advantages and features of the application can be obtained, a description of the application is rendered by reference to specific embodiments thereof, which are illustrated in the appended drawings. These drawings depict only example embodiments of the application and are not therefore to be considered limiting of its scope.
The detailed description of the appended drawings is intended as a description of preferred embodiments of the present application, and is not intended to represent the only form in which the present application may be practiced. It should be understood that the same or equivalent functions may be accomplished by different embodiments that are intended to be encompassed within the spirit and scope of the present application.
Reference will now be made in detail to some embodiments of the present application, examples of which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings. To facilitate understanding, embodiments are provided under specific network architecture and new service scenarios, such as 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) 5G, 3GPP long term evolution (LTE) Release 8 and so on. It is contemplated that along with the developments of network architectures and new service scenarios, all embodiments in the present application are also applicable to similar technical problems. Moreover, the terminologies recited in the present application may change, which should not affect the principle of the present application.
A wireless communication system generally includes one or more base stations (BSs) and one or more UE. Furthermore, a BS may be configured with one TRP (or panel) or more TRPs (or panels). A TRP can act like a small BS. The TRPs can communicate with each other by a backhaul link. Such backhaul link may be an ideal backhaul link or a non-ideal backhaul link. Latency of the ideal backhaul link may be deemed as zero, and latency of the non-ideal backhaul link may be tens of milliseconds and much larger, e.g. on the order of tens of milliseconds, than that of the ideal backhaul link.
In a wireless communication system, a single TRP can be used to serve one or more UE under the control of a BS. In different scenarios, a TRP may be referred to as different terms. Persons skilled in the art should understand that as 3GPP and the communication technology develop, the terminologies recited in the specification may change, which should not affect the scope of the present application. It should be understood that the TRP(s) (or panel(s)) configured for the BS may be transparent to a UE.
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In some embodiments of the present application, a BS 101 may be referred to as an access point, an access terminal, a base, a base unit, a macro cell, a Node-B, an evolved Node B (eNB), a gNB, an ng-eNB, a Home Node-B, a relay node, or a device, or described using other terminology used in the art. The UEs 105 (for example, the first UE 105a, the second UE 105b, and the third UE 105c) may include, for example, but is not limited to, a computing device, a wearable device, a mobile device, an IoT device, a vehicle, etc.
The TRPs 103, for example, the first TRP 103a and the second TRP 103b can communicate with the base station 101 via, for example, a backhaul link. Each of TRPs 103 can serve some or all of UEs 105. As shown in
A multi-TRP transmission (or operation) may refer to at least two TRPs (or panels) to transmit data to a UE. As shown in
Regarding PHR reporting related to multi-TRP PUSCH, it is agreed that UE optional capability for a UE that supports multi-TRP PUSCH will be: calculating two PHRs (at least corresponding to the carrier component (CC) that applies M-TRP PUSCH repetitions), each associated with a first PUSCH occasion to each TRP, and reporting two PHRs. That is, two PHRs can be reported for multi-TRP based PUSCH. One manner of Type 1 virtual PHR calculation is drafted in TS38.213 v17.0.0 as follows:
According to the above specification, in case of calculating two virtual PHRs to different TRPs, only pathloss (PL) RSs are different, while other power control parameters, including p0, alpha, and closed loop index etc., are the same.
However, it is only agreed that when the second PHR is virtual, the second PHR is calculated based on a set of power control parameters defined for the other TRP (that is not associated with the first PHR). No further agreement on how to determine what the set of power control parameters is. Although there is a default power control parameter set defined when one SRS resource per SRS resource set (or SRS set) is configured (i.e., when two SRI fields are absent in DCI formats 0_1/0_2) in Rel-17 agreement, it is still unclear that the power control parameter set defined for one SRS resource per SRS resource set (two SRI fields are absent in DCI formats 2_1/0_2) is used for the virtual PHR calculation. Besides, the current agreement only mentions how to determine the virtual PHR if the first PHR is an actual PHR and the second PHR is the virtual PHR but does not mention how to determine the first virtual PHR and the second virtual PHR if two virtual PHRs are determined. Herein, the first PHR and second PHR are two PHRs reported in sequence e.g., in a PHR media access control (MAC) control element (CE) when “twoPHRMode” is set as “enabled.” For example, the first PHR is the first reported one of the two PHRs in PHR MAC CE, while the second PHR is the second reported one of the two PHRs in the same MAC CE.
At least for solving the above technical problems, embodiments of the present application provide a technical solution of PHR reporting, e.g., a method and an apparatus of PHR reporting for multi-TRP based PUSCH. All embodiments of the present application illustrated herein is under the premise that “twoPHRMode” is set as ‘enabled’ in a cell, which means that UE needs to report two PHRs for the cell to the gNB.
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The UE will determine the power control parameter set associated with each SRS resource set, and calculate the PHR according to the determined power control parameter set. In step 204, the UE will transmit two PHRs for the cell to the gNB according to two determined power control parameter sets associated with the two SRS resource sets. Accordingly, the gNB will receive the two PHRs for the cell in step 205. The two PHRs may be two virtual PHRs, or one virtual PHR and one actual PHR, or two actual PHRs. Since only virtual PHR determination is disclosed in the present application, the case of two actual PHRs will not be considered in embodiments of the present application.
In the case that both the two PHRs to be reported are virtual PHRs, the first PHR of the two PHRs is determined based on one of the two power control parameter sets associated with one of the two SRS resource sets and the second PHR of the two PHRs is determined according to the other one of the two power control parameter sets associated with the other one of the two SRS resource sets. For example, the first PHR is determined based on the first power control parameter sets associated with the first SRS resource set and the second PHR is determined according to the second power control parameter set associated with the second SRS resource set.
In the case that only one of the two PHRs to be reported is a virtual PHR, the first PHR is an actual PHR and the second PHR is a virtual PHR. The first PHR will be determined as an actual PHR associated with one of the two SRS resource sets, and the second PHR will be determined according to one of the two power control parameter sets associated with the other one of the two SRS resource set. That is, if the actual PUSCH for calculating the actual PHR, i.e., the first PHR is associated with the first SRS resource set, then the virtual PHR, i.e., the second PHR is calculated according to the second power control parameter set associated with the second SRS resource set. If the actual PUSCH for calculating the actual PHR, i.e., the first PHR is associated with the second SRS resource set, then the virtual PHR, i.e., the second PHR is calculated according to the first power control parameter set associated with the first SRS resource set.
Regarding a power control parameter set for each virtual PHR, it mainly includes: pathloss RS, and other power control parameters except for pathloss RS, e.g., p0, alpha, and closed loop index. That is, a power control parameter set is composed of a pathloss RS and other power control parameters except for the pathloss RS, which is associated with a SRS resource set. For example, a first power control parameter set may be associated with the first SRS source set, and a second power control parameter set is associated with the second SRS resource set.
Schemes of determining pathloss RS and determining other power control parameters except for pathloss RS will be illustrated in detail in view of various embodiments of the present application. Pathloss RS
According to some embodiments of the present application, the two pathloss RS is determined without considering any additional condition. For example, the first pathloss RS of the first power control parameter set associated with the first SRS resource set is a RS with PUSCH-PathlossReferenceRS-Id being 0. The second pathloss RS of the second power control parameter set associated with the second SRS resource set is a RS with PUSCH-PathlossReferenceRS-Id being 1.
According to some embodiments of the present application, whether “enablePL-RS-UpdateForPUSCH-SRS” is provided for UE will be determined. For example, in some scenarios, “enablePL-RS-UpdateForPUSCH-SRS” is provided for the UE. The first pathloss RS of the first power control parameter set associated with the first SRS resource set is a RS with PUSCH-PathlossReferenceRS-Id mapped to sri-PUSCH-PowerControlId=0 of sri-PUSCH-MappingToAddModList. The second pathloss RS of the second power control parameter set associated with the second SRS resource set is a RS with PUSCH-PathlossReferenceRS-Id mapped to sri-PUSCH-PowerControlId=0 of sri-PUSCH-MappingToAddModList2.
In some other scenarios, “enablePL-RS-UpdateForPUSCH-SRS” is not provided for the UE. The first pathloss RS of the first power control parameter set associated with the first SRS resource set is a RS with PUSCH-PathlossReferenceRS-Id being 0, and the second pathloss RS of the first power control parameter set associated with the second SRS resource set is a RS with PUSCH-PathlossReferenceRS-Id being 1.
In some other embodiments of the present application, the pathloss RS determined for the first power control parameter set and the second power control parameter set can be exchanged compared with the above illustrated manner. For example, the first pathloss RS of the first power control parameter set associated with the first SRS resource set is a RS with PUSCH-PathlossReferenceRS-Id being 1. The second pathloss RS of the second power control parameter set associated with the second SRS resource set is a RS with PUSCH-PathlossReferenceRS-Id being 0. In addition, persons skilled in the art should well know that the wording “first pathloss RS” and “second pathloss RS” are only for differentiating two pathloss RSs, and should not be deemed as additional limitation to the pathloss RS. It is similar to the first power control parameter and the second power control parameter.
Other power control parameters except for pathloss RS
Regarding other power control parameter for calculating a virtual PHR, only p0, alpha and closed loop index are considered herein.
According to some embodiments of the present application, p0, alpha and closed loop index of the first power control parameter set associated with the first SRS resource set and the second power control parameter set associated with the second SRS resource set may be determined in different manners. For example, p0 and alpha of the first power control parameter set associated with the first SRS resource set are determined from the first value in P0-PUSCH-AlphaSet in p0-AlphaSet, e.g., P0-PUSCH-AlphaSetId being 0. Closed loop index of the first power control parameter set is 0. P0 and alpha of the second power control parameter set associated with the second SRS resource set are determined from the second value in P0-PUSCH-AlphaSet in p0-AlphaSet, e.g., P0-PUSCH-AlphaSetId being 1. Regarding closed loop index of the second power control parameter set, it depends on whether “twoPUSCH-PC-AdjustmentStates” is configured. In the case of “twoPUSCH-PC-AdjustmentStates” being configured, closed loop index of the second power control parameter set is 1; otherwise, closed loop index of the second power control parameter set is 0.
According to some embodiments of the present application, p0, alpha and closed loop index of the first power control parameter set associated with the first SRS resource set and the second power control parameter set associated with the second SRS resource set may be determined in the same manner. For example, p0 and alpha of the first power control parameter set associated with the first SRS resource set are determined from the first value in P0-PUSCH-AlphaSet in p0-AlphaSet, e.g., P0-PUSCH-AlphaSetId being 0. Closed loop index of the first power control parameter set is 0. P0, alpha and closed loop index of the second power control parameter set associated with the second SRS resource set are the same as the first power control parameter set associated with the first SRS resource set.
Given the above, two power control parameter sets associated with two SRS resource sets can be determined in various manners as illustrated in the following.
In some embodiments of the present application, no condition will be additionally considered when determining the pathloss RS, p0, alpha and closed loop index. For example, for the first power control parameter set associated with the first SRS resource set, p0 and alpha are determined from P0-PUSCH-AlphaSetId being 0 in p0-AlphaSet, closed loop index is 0, and the first pathloss RS is a RS with PUSCH-PathlossReferenceRS-Id being 0. For the second power control parameter set associated with the second SRS resource set, p0 and alpha are determined from P0-PUSCH-AlphaSetId being 0 in p0-AlphaSet, closed loop index is 0, and the second pathloss RS is a RS with PUSCH-PathlossReferenceRS-Id being 1. That is, the first power control parameter set and the second power control parameter set have the same p0, alpha and closed loop index, and only differ in the pathloss RS.
In some other embodiments of the present application, whether “enablePL-RS-UpdateForPUSCH-SRS” is not provided for the UE will be considered when determining the pathloss RS; while no condition will be additionally considered when determining P0, alpha and closed loop index. When “enablePL-RS-UpdateForPUSCH-SRS” is not provided for the UE, for the first power control parameter set associated with the first SRS resource set, p0 and alpha are determined from P0-PUSCH-AlphaSetId being 0 in p0-AlphaSet, closed loop index is 0, and the first pathloss RS is a RS with PUSCH-PathlossReferenceRS-Id being 0; and for the second power control parameter set associated with the second SRS resource set, p0 and alpha are determined from P0-PUSCH-AlphaSetId being 0 in p0-AlphaSet, closed loop index is 0, and a pathloss RS is a RS with PUSCH-PathlossReferenceRS-Id being 1. That is, the first power control parameter set and the second power control parameter set have the same p0, alpha and closed loop index, and only differ in the pathloss RS. When “enablePL-RS-UpdateForPUSCH-SRS” is provided for the UE, for the first power control parameter set, p0 and alpha are determined from P0-PUSCH-AlphaSetId being 0 in p0-AlphaSet, closed loop index is 0, and the first pathloss RS is a RS with PUSCH-PathlossReferenceRS-Id mapped to sri-PUSCH-PowerControlId being 0 of sri-PUSCH-MappingToAddModList; and for the second power control parameter set, p0 and alpha are determined from P0-PUSCH-AlphaSetId being 0 in p0-AlphaSet, closed loop index is 0, and the second pathloss RS is a RS with PUSCH-PathlossReferenceRS-Id mapped to sri-PUSCH-PowerControlId=0 of sri-PUSCH-MappingToAddModList2.
In some yet other embodiments of the present application, no condition will be additionally considered when determining the pathloss RS, p0, and alpha, while whether “twoPUSCH-PC-AdjustmentStates” is configured will be considered when determining closed loop index of the second power control parameter set. For example, for the first power control parameter set, p0 and alpha are determined from P0-PUSCH-AlphaSet being 0 in p0-AlphaSet, closed loop index is 0, and the first pathloss RS is a RS with PUSCH-PathlossReferenceRS-Id being 0; and for the second power control parameter set, p0 and alpha are determined from P0-PUSCH-AlphaSetId being 1 in p0-AlphaSet, closed loop index is 1 in the case of twoPUSCH-PC-AdjustmentStates being configured or is 0 in the case of twoPUSCH-PC-AdjustmentStates not being configured, and the second pathloss RS is a RS with PUSCH-PathlossReferenceRS-Id being 1.
In some yet other embodiments of the present application, whether “enablePL-RS-UpdateForPUSCH-SRS” is not provided for the UE will be considered when determining the pathloss RS, and whether “twoPUSCH-PC-AdjustmentStates” is configured will be considered when determining closed loop index of the second power control parameter set. For example, when “enablePL-RS-UpdateForPUSCH-SRS” is not provided for the UE, for the first power control parameter set, p0 and alpha are determined from P0-PUSCH-AlphaSet being 0 in p0-AlphaSet, closed loop index is 0, and the first pathloss RS is a RS with PUSCH-PathlossReferenceRS-Id being 0; and for the second power control parameter set, p0 and alpha are determined from P0-PUSCH-AlphaSetId being 1 in p0-AlphaSet, closed loop index is 1 in the case of twoPUSCH-PC-AdjustmentStates being configured or is 0 in the case of twoPUSCH-PC-AdjustmentStates not being configured, and the second pathloss RS is a RS with PUSCH-PathlossReferenceRS-Id being 1. When enablePL-RS-UpdateForPUSCH-SRS is provided for the UE, for the first power control parameter set, p0 and alpha are determined from P0-PUSCH-AlphaSetId being 0 in p0-AlphaSet, closed loop index is 0, and the first pathloss RS is a RS with PUSCH-PathlossReferenceRS-Id mapped to sri-PUSCH-PowerControlId being 0 of sri-PUSCH-MappingToAddModList; and for the second power control parameter set, p0 and alpha are determined from P0-PUSCH-AlphaSetId being 1 in p0-AlphaSet, closed loop index is 1 in the case of twoPUSCH-PC-AdjustmentStates being configured or is 0 in the case of twoPUSCH-PC-AdjustmentStates not being configured, and the second pathloss RS is a RS with PUSCH-PathlossReferenceRS-Id mapped to sri-PUSCH-PowerControlId=0 of sri-PUSCH-MappingToAddModList2.
Based on the power control parameter set associated with each SRS source set, when a PHR associated with a SRS source set is a virtual PHR, the virtual PHR will be determined according to the power control parameter set associated with the corresponding SRS source set.
Specifically, if two PHRs respectively associated with the first SRS source set and the second SRS source set are virtual PHR, they will respectively be calculated based on the first power control parameter and the second power control set. For example, the first PHR is determined based on the first power control parameter sets associated with the first SRS resource set and the second PHR is determined according to the second power control parameter set associated with the second SRS resource set.
If only one of the two PHRs to be reported is a virtual PHR, the first PHR is an actual PHR and the second PHR is a virtual PHR. The first PHR will be determined as an actual PHR associated with one of the two SRS resource sets, and the second PHR will be determined according to one of the two power control parameter sets associated with the other one of the two SRS resource set. For example, if the first PHR is associated with the first SRS resource set, then the second PHR is calculated according to the second power control parameter set associated with the second SRS resource set. If the first PHR is associated with the second SRS resource set, then the second PHR is calculated according to the first power control parameter set associated with the first SRS resource set.
Besides the methods, embodiments of the present application also propose an apparatus of PHR reporting.
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Although in this figure, elements such as the at least one processor 306, transmitting circuitry 304, and receiving circuitry 302 are described in the singular, the plural is contemplated unless a limitation to the singular is explicitly stated. In some embodiments of the present application, the receiving circuitry 302 and the transmitting circuitry 304 can be combined into a single device, such as a transceiver. In certain embodiments of the present application, the apparatus 300 may further include an input device, a memory, and/or other components.
In some embodiments of the present application, the non-transitory computer-readable medium 301 may have stored thereon computer-executable instructions to cause a processor to implement the method with respect to the network apparatus as described above. For example, the computer-executable instructions, when executed, cause the processor 306 interacting with receiving circuitry 302 and transmitting circuitry 304, so as to perform the steps with respect to the network apparatus as depicted above.
In some embodiments of the present application, the non-transitory computer-readable medium 301 may have stored thereon computer-executable instructions to cause a processor to implement the method with respect to the UE as described above. For example, the computer-executable instructions, when executed, cause the processor 306 interacting with receiving circuitry 302 and transmitting circuitry 304, so as to perform the steps with respect to the UE as illustrated above.
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According to some embodiments of the present application, when the apparatus 400 is a remote apparatus, e.g., a UE, the processor is configured to: receive configuration information, indicating two SRS resource sets and two PHRs to be reported for an activated BWP of a serving cell, wherein a first SRS resource set of the two SRS source sets has a lower identifier than a second SRS resource set of the two SRS resource sets; and transmit the two PHRs according to two power control parameter sets associated with the two SRS resource sets for the serving cell, wherein, in the case that both the two PHRs to be reported are virtual PHRs, a first PHR of the two PHRs is determined based on one of the two power control parameter sets associated with one of the two SRS resource sets and a second PHR of the two PHRs is determined according to the other one of the two power control parameter sets associated with the other one of the two SRS resource sets; or in the case that only one of the two PHRs to be reported is a virtual PHR, the first PHR is determined as an actual PHR associated with one of the two SRS resource sets, and the second PHR is determined according to one of the two power control parameter sets associated with the other one of the two SRS resource set.
According to some other embodiments of the present application, when the apparatus 400 is a RAN node, e.g., a gNB, the processor may be configured to: transmit configuration information, indicating two SRS resource sets and two PHRs to be reported for an activated BWP of a serving cell, wherein a first SRS resource set of the two SRS resource sets has a lower identifier than a second SRS resource set of the two SRS resource sets; and receive the two PHRs according to two power control parameter sets associated with the two SRS resource sets for the serving cell, wherein, in the case that both the two PHRs to be reported are virtual PHRs, a first PHR of the two PHRs is determined based on one of the two power control parameter sets associated with one of the two SRS resource sets and a second PHR of the two PHRs is determined according to the other one of the two power control parameter sets associated with the other one of the two SRS resource sets; or in the case that only one of the two PHRs to be reported is a virtual PHR, the first PHR is determined as an actual PHR associated with one of the two SRS resource sets, and the second PHR is determined according to one of the two power control parameter sets associated with the other one of the two SRS resource sets.
The method according to embodiments of the present application can also be implemented on a programmed processor. However, the controllers, flowcharts, and modules may also be implemented on a general purpose or special purpose computer, a programmed microprocessor or microcontroller and peripheral integrated circuit elements, an integrated circuit, a hardware electronic or logic circuit such as a discrete element circuit, a programmable logic device, or the like. In general, any device capable of implementing the flowcharts shown in the figures may be used to implement the processor functions of this application. For example, an embodiment of the present application provides an apparatus, including a processor and a memory. Computer programmable instructions for implementing a method are stored in the memory, and the processor is configured to perform the computer programmable instructions to implement the method. The method may be a method as stated above or other method according to an embodiment of the present application.
An alternative embodiment preferably implements the methods according to embodiments of the present application in a non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium storing computer programmable instructions. The instructions are preferably executed by computer-executable components preferably integrated with a network security system. The non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium may be stored on any suitable computer readable media such as RAMs, ROMs, flash memory, EEPROMs, optical storage devices (CD or DVD), hard drives, floppy drives, or any suitable device. The computer-executable component is preferably a processor but the instructions may alternatively or additionally be executed by any suitable dedicated hardware device. For example, an embodiment of the present application provides a non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium having computer programmable instructions stored therein. The computer programmable instructions are configured to implement a method as stated above or other method according to an embodiment of the present application.
In addition, in this disclosure, the terms “includes,” “including,” or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that includes a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus. An element proceeded by “a,” “an,” or the like does not, without more constraints, preclude the existence of additional identical elements in the process, method, article, or apparatus that includes the element. Also, the term “another” is defined as at least a second or more. The terms “having,” and the like, as used herein, are defined as “including.”
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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PCT/CN2022/085094 | 4/2/2022 | WO |